I used to laugh at ppl who used to say they have learnt something from superhero movies.
Well, Marvel Studios has moved from superhero to sci-fi rather obviously.
And in Spiderman - Far from Home, I learnt 2 things:
A. Nowadays, people will believe anything. (Mr. Beck, while he was dying and trying to explain how he got his BS accepted)
B. If I get inside the illusion, I can break it.
Application of II:
Someone at home did the Landmark Forum and came back and narrated his experience. I asked him, How is it that everyone who goes through the landmark forum ends up being a passionate evangelist of the program?
We then discussed that threadbare - the evangelism practices used in this program, and why they have a good success rate. And we realised, any indoctrination is only possible through creating an altered reality, where some aspects are put in focus and some others are relegated to the background - a little like taking a selfie. And this altered reality, combined with a sense of urgency, is at the heart of evangelism and indoctrination. They don't just create followers, they create evangelists. And that, imho, is something powerful.
But if, somehow, you do not get indoctrinated, then you are 'inside the illusion', so to speak, and you can then understand it, and break it.
Well, Marvel Studios has moved from superhero to sci-fi rather obviously.
And in Spiderman - Far from Home, I learnt 2 things:
A. Nowadays, people will believe anything. (Mr. Beck, while he was dying and trying to explain how he got his BS accepted)
B. If I get inside the illusion, I can break it.
Application of II:
Someone at home did the Landmark Forum and came back and narrated his experience. I asked him, How is it that everyone who goes through the landmark forum ends up being a passionate evangelist of the program?
We then discussed that threadbare - the evangelism practices used in this program, and why they have a good success rate. And we realised, any indoctrination is only possible through creating an altered reality, where some aspects are put in focus and some others are relegated to the background - a little like taking a selfie. And this altered reality, combined with a sense of urgency, is at the heart of evangelism and indoctrination. They don't just create followers, they create evangelists. And that, imho, is something powerful.
But if, somehow, you do not get indoctrinated, then you are 'inside the illusion', so to speak, and you can then understand it, and break it.
1 comment:
True. Profound insight.
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